COMMENT CAFE:

Gary, thanks, Yes, I would NOT liked to have been a Hetzer crewman....too tight in there.
Angel, thank you, sir. Much appreciated.
Oliver, thanks a million.
Marc, greatly appreciated....thanks.
Oliver, Marvelous work on your AMX 13 SS11 tank. All the detail work you did paid off with a beautiful display model.
Norman, thank you, sir. I'm humbled by your accolade.
Tom, thanks a million. Yes, that Hetzer was a cramp little tank.
Phil, thank you, sir.
ComradeMP, greatly appreciated. Thanks. Love the Russian Hetzer. Cool paint scheme.
Peter, thank you, sir.
Phil, hey, progress is progress. Lots of detail on those fenders to paint.
Kelly, nice base coat painting. What paint did you use?

That's all for now. Good luck everyone on their projects.
Bill

Update on my Bandai 1/48 Hetzer.


I painted up the lower half of the tank. I'm NOT happy with the kit supplied tracks. Copious amounts of CA glue were used just to get them to fit. I will be replacing them with better ones.

The tracks rise up off of the sprocket and return idler horribly. I hate to cannibalize another kit, but these old vinyl tracks have to GO!

I started detailing the upper hull. The incorrect front vision block was replaced. I also drilled lightening holes into the fender tool box.

Thanks for viewing. Good luck everyone on your projects.
Bill

Bill,
That looks awesome! Too bad about the tracks!

The herzer looks great! I will be entering my tamiya 1/48 M10 accilies.

William, The color as seen now is a vallejo air 71.025. It is a color shade that I think many would be happy with when trying to go RAL 7028 and wondering which company has it right.

The tank was painted in green stripes but afterwards I didnt feel it went looked right. I started with a gray primer, then black shading, then the vallejo.

Today I spent my time building my first ever tree. I plan on doing a diorama for this one.

Finished my KaJaPa! As per the rules, I've placed a pic in the Campaign gallery - the rest are in my member gallery if anyone wants them.








@Kelly, I didn't realise it was Arbor Day already! Your tree is looking good - can't wait to see how you flesh it out.

@Will, that cramped little Hetzer is a fantastic build!

Nice and clean build Tom. Congratulations for crossing the finish line.

Olivier

Nicely done Tom. I like the restrained weathering.

I'm new to campaigns how do I put my photos in the Gallery?

Here is the stowage for the M10 painted!

Your TD looks great tom!

my contribution

Good choice Roman. I built one just over a year ago, and the fit of the kit is very good.

Great Job, Tom!

The Hetzer looks brilliant Bill. The poses of the crew really give the impression of claustrophobia!

Fantastic work on the Panzerjager Tom. Love the way it turned out.

Have you thought of using disks punched out of mylar packet wrappers for mirrors? The type of wrapper with the shiny inside that sweets and crisps come in (at least here in Oz). I find they really look like mirrors when applied with some PVA or clear lacquer as a glue.

Thanks guys!

Pete, I hadn't thought of that - I know the stuff you mean and will have to look for some around the house.

aaaaahhhhhhhhh crap!!!!! Im almost done with my Tamiya 1/48 M10 and I forgot to take any in progress photos. Any way I will try to get the finished pics up tomorrow morning and cant wait to hear your feedback! ( ohhyeah, everyone's builds look great!)

It works well Tom. Here is an example where you can actually see the reflection!

Here we go, finally done! I would appreciate any feedback.

It looks really great! I need to do an open-topped vehicle one of these days....

Thanks! Its nice to build something different!

Ezra, I'm loving all the stowage, it really gives it that "lived in" look, well done mate.

Excellent Ezra. It looks fantastic.

Seeing as you asked for feedback, I will point out a couple of things.

You have fitted the fire extinguishers on the rear plate upside down. The spigot ends of the British FE should point to each other on the Achilles:


The spigot fits into a clip at one end of the bracket, and a strap goes around the body, so it really can only go on one way. Not to worry though, even the official WW2 documents for stowage show one wrong :


Also, it looks like you left off the First Aid box that is on the very rear section of engine deck, as per the stowage image. It was on all Achilles and is in the Tamiya kit:



Still a very fine build all in all. Another one to be proud of.

Thanks, I appreciate all feedback! I will probably try to fix the fire extinguishers that now that you point it out! ( and I had to leave all the parts of step 9 (that had the first aid kit.) off or else the stowage set wouldn't fit. )